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Noun correction has 7 senses

correction, rectification - the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
--₁ is a kind of improvement
--₁ has particulars:
redress, remedy, remediation; retribution; recompense, compensation; amendment; emendation

Derived form: verb correct₁
correction, fudge factor - a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
--₂ is a kind of indefinite quantity
correction - something substituted for an error
--₃ is a kind of editing, redaction
--₃ has particulars: erasure
correction, chastening, chastisement - a rebuke for making a mistake
--₄ is a kind of rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
correction - a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; "market runups are invariably followed by a correction"
--₅ is a kind of drop, dip, fall, free fall
discipline, correction - the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"
--₆ is a kind of punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
--₆ has particulars: spanking
Derived form: verb correct₅
correction - treatment of a specific defect; "the correction of his vision with eye glasses"
--₇ is a kind of therapy
--₇ has particulars: fusion, spinal fusion